Sapa

Location

Sapa is a small, mountain town in Lao Cai Province. It is located about 350 km northwest of Hanoi, close to the Chinese border. Here's where you'll find the Hoang Lien Son range of mountains, which includes Fan Si Pan— the country's highest peak.

Characteristic

Sapa Ancient Rock is located in Muong Hoa valley with 196 stones carvings exotic shapes of ancient people for about thousands of years ago that many archaeologists have not decoded. The ancient carvings were lined up nationally. 

Besides, you can also visit Sa Pa market - which is taken place on Sunday in Sapa town. People in remote areas have to go from Saturday. On Saturday evening, people enjoy the folk songs of the H’mong and Dao girls, with the sounds of the lips, the flute, the Mongols, the bowls of wine filled with people. People have named it the “love market”. It is the occasion when couples come here to enjoy the romantic air or to express the emotion to the other.

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